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COMMON FRANCOLIN. 



(Francolinus vulgaris.) 



Fr. corpore supra nigricante-fusco, subtus collogue atris; hoc 

 hypocliondriisque macutis alhis suhrotundis, torque aurantia, 

 yhscid suboculari alba. (Femina ex nigricante et rufo-jlavi'm 

 cante toto varid.) 



Francolin with the body above dusky brown ; beneath and neck 

 dusky -J the latter and sides of the body with rounded white 

 spots j ring round the neck orange j a white fascia beneath 

 the eye. (Female varied entirely with dusky and reddish 

 yellow.) 



Perdix Francolinus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 644. 6. — Temm, Gall. 

 Ind. p. 723. 



Tetrao Francolinus. Lmn, Si/st. Nat. 1. 275. 10. — Gmel, Syst, 

 Nat. 1. 756. 10.— Briss. Orn. 1. 245. I'd. pi 3.f. 2. 



Francolin. Ra§i. Syn, p. 54. 4 . — IFill. p. 125. pi. 31, 



Le Francolin. Buf. Ois. 2. 438.— Buff. Fl.EnL 147. 148. 



Francolin h. collier roux. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. p. 340. — Temm. 

 Man, dVrni. p. 303. 



Francolin Partridge. Edtv, Glean, pi. 246. — Gent, Mag. xlii. 

 pi. in p, 112. — Lath. Gen, Syn, 4. 759. 6, 



This beautiful species is twelve inches and a 

 quarter in length : the beak is dusky : irides 

 hazel : the upper parts of the head, hind part of 

 the neck, back, and wing-coverts, are varied with 

 dusky and yellowish rust-colour : the sides of the 

 head, chin, throat, neck, breast, and belly, are 

 black : on each jaw a white streak : behind the 

 eye a patch of the same colour passes forward in a 

 streak to the nostrils : round the neck is a rusty 



